The Letter to the Himyarites was a Syriac letter sent by Jacob of Serugh to the Christian community of Najran in South Arabia to console them during a period of persecution that they faced in the time of the reign of the Jewish monarch of Himyar, Dhu Nuwas. Jacob's letter came as one of many responses to the massacre, which was a moment of international outrage among Christian communities.
The Letter to the Himyarites was a Syriac letter sent by Jacob of Serugh to the Christian community of Najran in South Arabia to console them during a period of persecution that they faced in the time of the reign of the Jewish monarch of Himyar, Dhu Nuwas. Jacob's letter came as one of many responses to the massacre, which was a moment of international outrage among Christian communities.
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